Tiger Woods prepared to ramp up workload

Tiger Woods on Sunday stated he would skip subsequent week’s PGA Tour occasion after which “get back at it,” that means he’ll seemingly tee off subsequent on the Northern Trust at TPC Boston on August 19. Woods entered the PGA Championship 48th within the FedEx Cup factors and can want a powerful displaying in Boston and on the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields if he needs to qualify for the Tour Championship at East Lake, which has a discipline of 30.

The excellent news for 44-year-old Woods is that he performed properly on Sunday, completed the match within the purple (one-under 279) and, most significantly, his surgically repaired again was not a problem regardless of chilly situations at San Francisco’s TPC Harding Park.

“I kept layering up, made sure that I stayed on the warm side, if anything, and tried to make sure I stayed, if anything, sweaty, kept loose,” he stated. “Overall the body reacted pretty good.”

The yr’s first main was simply Tiger’s second begin because the tour resumed play in June with out followers as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. He additionally performed at Memorial final month.

“We knew once I started playing again when I committed to Memorial that this was going to be a heavy workload, and my training sessions, we’ve been pushing it pretty hard, making sure that I kept my strength and endurance up,” he stated.

“This week off will be no different. We’ll be pushing it hard to make sure that I can stay strong and have the endurance to keep on going.”

Woods will proceed his hunt for a 16th main title when the US Open is held at Winged Foot in September, an occasion that may even be performed with out followers in attendance.